Section 44014.2 - Program for voluntary certification of licensed smog check stations(a) The department shall develop a program for the voluntary certification of licensed smog check stations, or the department may accept a smog check station certification program proposed by accredited industry representatives. The department shall establish inspection-based performance standards consistent with Section 44014.6 for stations certified under this program that the stations would be required to meet to be eligible to issue certificates of compliance or noncompliance for vehicles selected pursuant to Sections 44010.5 and 44014.7, or vehicles identified by the department as gross polluters.(b) The department shall adopt regulations that apply to all enhanced areas of the state, including those areas subject to the enhanced program pursuant to Section 44003.5, that permit both of the following:(1) Any vehicle that fails a required smog test at a test facility may be repaired, retested, and certified at a station licensed pursuant to Section 44014, and certified pursuant to subdivision (a).(2) Any vehicle that is identified as a gross polluter may be repaired, retested, and certified at a station licensed pursuant to Section 44014, and certified pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) Smog check stations that seek voluntary certification under this section may enter into an agreement with the department to provide repair services pursuant to Section 44062.1.(d) An agreement made pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be a contract subject to the requirements of Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 44014.2
Amended by Stats 2023 ch 681 (AB 1263),s 17, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by Stats 2010 ch 258 (AB 2289),s 5, eff. 1/1/2011.Amended by Stats 2009 ch 307 (SB 821),s 100, eff. 1/1/2010.Added by Stats 2002 ch 1001 (AB 2637), s 4, eff. The 2002 amendment to (enactment of) this section will only become effective if (a) The petitioners in Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, and Yolo Solano Air Quality Management District v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Petition Number 02-70848), move to withdraw from the lawsuit, with prejudice, on or before October 4, 2002. (b) The court issues an order granting the motion described in subdivision (a). (c) The petitioners file a certified copy of that order with the Secretary of State..